A former EastEnders head honcho has revealed that A Very English Scandal will spawn a series of spin-off anthologies, which he hopes will develop into a franchise like popular US show American Horror Story.

Executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said the BBC's Golden Globe-winning miniseries would initially focus on the first woman to be publicly 'slut shamed'.

Speaking to the Radio Times, Dominic revealed that the first will focus on the 1963 sex scandal of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, who was 'slut shamed' by her ex-husband.

Dominic Treadwell-Collins is hoping to create franchise like American Horror Story (Image: Getty Images)

Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, will be the subject of the first in a miniseries (Image: PA)

The Duchess of Argyll's divorce from the 11th Duke of Argyll ignited public speculation when a list emerged of some 80 men she had reportedly slept with, said to include two government ministers and three members of the royal family.

Granting the divorce, presiding judge Lord Wheatley said she "was a completely promiscuous woman whose sexual appetite could only be satisfied with a number of men".

To bring the story to television, Treadwell-Collins has turned to Sarah Phelps, who has adapted several Agatha Christie books for the BBC.

Sarah Phelps will be penning the story about the first woman to be 'slut shamed' (Image: AFP/Getty Images)

Phelps worked with Treadwell-Collins on EastEnders, where she penned the exit of Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor) from the show.

He said: "The Duchess of Argyll was the first woman to be publicly slut shamed.

"We're going to focus on the very public divorce from her second husband.

"He went through her private desk and found a list of all the men she'd slept with, as well as three polaroid photos..."

Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, lived a colourful life in the 1960s (Image: Daily Record)

The original BBC One series followed Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant) and his attempts to cover up an affair with ex-lover Norman Josiffe, also known as Norman Scott (Ben Whishaw) in the late 1970s.

It was written by Doctor Who's Russell T Davies, who will not return to pen the spin-off because, according to Treadwell-Collins, "for a feminist scandal, I need a female writer".